2013
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Jez Butler. British drummer, composer and recording artist who has written, recorded and produced under various names and with numerous collaborators. He has also recorded jingles, themes and incidental music for film, promotional videos, radio, and music libraries.
Jez Butler is a composer, arranger and recording artist, currently performing in The Twelve Hour Foundation.
- 1982 – 1984: Sixth Form Experiments
- 1988 – 1999: The Groove Farm and Beyond
- 2000 – 2011: If…, Reverie and The Sound of Chartreuse
- 2011 Onwards
Having acquired a Sequential Circuits Pro One synth (with help and encouragement from his father), Jez formed his first, bedroom band Invisible Lines of Tension with friend Dave Wright. An eclectic mix of influences included avant-garde electronica, post-punk ‘agit pop’…and funk.
Following a stint in a college band, Jez joined the Groove Farm on drums in September 1988. The next two years were spent playing around the UK, and releasing a few EPs and an album Plugwhich became a John Peel favourite. The band split in 1990, paving the way for Beatnik Filmstars and Girlboy Girl. He played with both bands before joining Cake, wi...
The beginning of the new millennium saw Jez form a production duo with John Austin. In January 2000, they created their first full length album: Songs For the Jet Set 2000, with contributions from Milky’s Shazna, Angie Tillett (Death By Chocolate) and ’70s teen idol and soundtrack composer Simon Turner. Since then, Jez has written, recorded and pro...
Boum Studio
Having worked at the University of Bristol for 23 years – the latter half as a web trainer and consultant – Jez decided to go solo, mixing music and web design interests. Boum Studiotook off in August 2011 with the recording of a 24-track double album by singer and author Peter Hawkins. Various solo artists’ projects followed, ranging from the recording and arranging of individual tracks, to full CD production, including mastering and artwork . In May 2012, Jez took part in a Bristol schools...
The Twelve Hour Foundation and production music
Despite having written and produced many albums, Jez had never released a bona fide solo project. In 2013 – inspired by a walk at Brean Down – he decided to record an instrumental album inspired by the work of John Baker, a pioneering composer employed by the BBC Radiophonic Workshop during the ’60s and ’70s. The Lighter Side of Concrete was released in October 2013. Intended purely as a studio project, there were requests for live performances. Jez’s partner Polly, who had assisted in variou...
Jez Butler. Having experimented with electronic music in the early ‘80s, Jez moved to Bristol, where, following stints as a drummer in variety of bands, he began recording under the alias Vision On, a library music-inspired project, releasing one EP: Who’s Afraid of De Wolfe in 1995.
Inspired by the work of John Baker (BBC Radiophonic Workshop), Jez Butler’s album The Lighter Side of Concrete was released by Disques Boum on 15th October 2013. Following requests for live performances, Jez teamed up with Polly Hulse to form the The Twelve Hour Foundation; the name and lineup are now permanent Find out more » Preview / buy
Jez Butler discography and songs: Music profile for Jez Butler, born 1965. Genres: Electronic. Albums include The Lighter Side of Concrete.
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